xxxvi, 473 pages : 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-453) and index

The Purcells of Westminster in the early years of the restoration -- Purcell's boyhood -- Years of apprenticeship -- Purcell's professional début -- Music on the Restoration political scene -- Purcell's fantasia year -- Purcell, Tory composer -- The London musical scene at the end of the reign of Charles II -- London's musical and theatrical life under a new monarchy -- Musical life under the most Catholic of the Stuarts -- Music and the glorious revolution -- Musical life under William and Mary -- A royal excursion abroad -- Catastrophe in the microcosmos of London's Theatrum mundi -- Purcell's increasing musical activities in the church, concert hall, court, and theatre -- A time for mourning

The Purcells of Westminster in the early years of the restoration -- Purcell's boyhood -- Years of apprenticeship -- Purcell's professional debut -- Music on the Restoration political scene -- Purcell's fantasia year -- Purcell, Tory composer -- The London musical scene at the end of the reign of Charles II -- London's musical and theatrical life under a new monarchy -- Musical life under the most Catholic of the Stuarts -- Music and the glorious revolution -- Musical life under William and Mary -- A royal excursion abroad -- Catastrophe in the microcosmos of London's Theatrum mundi -- Purcell's increasing musical activities in the church, concert hall, court, and theatre -- A time for mourning

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